Jordan Zevon - The Joke's On Me - Live on The Late Show

Jordan Zevon & Jordan Summers perform "The Joke's On Me" with Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra on The Late Show with David Letterman

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Music

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• jordan zevon
• jordan summers
• rock
• pop
• late show
• zevon

[Leigh098]

Just got this album; can't stop playing it. Um, Jordan, if you're checking in: Wouldja consider throwing the lyrics up on the web someplace? That type is fookin' TINY and I'm an old lady with cruddy eyesight who doesn't wanna miss a word and can't quite hear it all. Fang you in advance...

Oh, btw, you turned Studebaker into a gem. One of my VERY favorite songs since it was released on Sandwich. But your own writing is riveting. Bless you, kiddo.

[WayneT330]

I dig this!!!1

[phildirt3]

loved his dad bought this good stuff

[phildirt3]

he does his old man proud

[PonyPlayer21921]

I'm just a bland mime yanking on a fake line

I'll keep on pulling

But who am I fooling?

'Cause it looks like the joke's on me

[PonyPlayer21921]

It looks like the joke's on me Stumbling down the road of life Ignoring all the good advice I never had the sense to use But we've all got a path to choose And stupid is as stupid do's Maybe I was born to amuse It looks like the joke's on me 'Cause I'm the only one that isn't really having fun It looks like the joke's on me Forget humility and I'll provide the comedy It looks like the joke's on me You check my spine you'll find a burden and a kick me sign It looks like the joke's on me

[PonyPlayer21921]

'Cause the boss is out of Vicodin And now real pain begins So why he's laughing? 'Cause it looks like the joke's on me 'Cause I'm the only one that isn't really having fun It looks like the joke's on me I signed the dotted line To be the perfect punch line And nobody told me That I'd be the folly 'Cause it looks like the jokes on me The agony of defeat With a catchy melody Standing dead on my feet Maybe someone should bury me A natural born loser Smothered in humor

[PonyPlayer21921]

It looks like the joke's on me It's only just begun Fade in, waiting on... A massive mug of coffee That I'm hoping will arouse me From a zombie like state I've accrued It's another somber morning Masturbate and greet the dawn in As I'm yawning through the self abuse Pick a suit that isn't stained Floor it down the freeway I MUST NOT BE LATE

[PonyPlayer21921]

Did you ever take a moment just to stop and look around and found You might have missed a meeting or two? All the smiling faces of the strangers that surround me And I start to think I don't have a clue Is it ignorance or bliss that fuels the never-ending happiness That I've always seemed to elude? Is it them? Is it me? Yank the starter on the litany And try to keep from coming unglued 'Cause it looks like the joke's on me 'Cause I'm the only one that isn't really having fun 

[dixhix]

to all of you trying to figure out lyrics: its music, make it your own. when you sing it or play it it doesnt have to be exactly the way the writer wrote it because when you play it, that music is now yours and everyone elses that you share it with. Thats music. It is a language like english, chinese, german, or whatever, use it how you want to to best express what you are trying to communicate. Maybe someone will talk back

[2c4u22]

@mrjackolantern4

Do you mean children aren't exact replicas of their parents? Yes, life goes on...but it sounds like he's picked up a little music-magic from his wonderful dad. Sounds like the love between them is still alive and happily beating away.

[2c4u22]

@ByAcoustic7

I just don't hear what you guys are hearing. Sounds perfect to me.